The city of Baytown and Garfield Public/Private LLC will break ground on a 56 million dollar budget, full-service Hotel, and Convention Center on the Bayland Island. The hotel will have 208 rooms, with meeting places, ballroom facilities, and of course the Convention Center facilities and lastly City-owned surface parking lot 324 parking places, with the adjoining 1.92-acre marina parking site.
The city council set the stage first at the Municipal Development
District Special Meeting that was held at Sterling Library, with discussions on September 27, 2018. City Manager Rick Davis said; “it’s a done deal,” while Assistant City Manager Ron Bottoms said; “there is a long list of documents and so far we only reached four of the documents.” The city council went ahead and voice-voted for approval of the project before the regular city council meeting.
The City of Baytown will lease to the Hotel Owner, a ground lease for the Island. City Council did approve the resolutions. City Councilman Robert C. Hoskins (District 5) said in a statement; “This is a win-win situation, and it will not cost the taxpayers anything.” He added, “The Hotel and the City will be making money.” After the meeting the Officials of Garfield Public/Private LLC said in a statement; “We’re pleased with the approval tonight that City Council made.” They added; “We should be able to break ground in February or March of 2019.” Currently, Garfield Public/Private LLC has a 3-page schedule and currently waiting on the Attorney General’s approval letter.
At the city council regular meeting on September 27, 2018, the Baytown City Council voice-voted in favor for the new Baytown Hotel Conference Center. The ground-breaking is set to happen by the start of 2019.
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